Damian Lillard is raring to go for the Milwaukee Bucks. So ready he had to confront several Indiana Pacers while in plain clothes.
The Bucks were already losing late in the fourth quarter when suddenly things got heated as the players were trooping to the bench during the time out.
Turned out, Lillard, who is still in the process of conditioning himself after getting cleared from deep-vein thrombosis illness, was confronting several Pacers including Tyrese Haliburton and Pascal Siakam.
The Bucks were already down by 15 points at that point with 1:32 remaining the game.
Leaked audio showed how upset Lillard was after Haliburton allegedly said they suck. He even threatened to beat up the Pacers guard.
Siakam butted in and called the Bucks inappropriate words.
In the end, cooler heads prevailed. Dame and Siakam were both assessed a technical foul.
Damian Lillard’s heated moment is non-issue
Rivers said he was unaware of what went down in that game. He only learned just now that Lillard got a technical foul.
He is not looking too much into it as he thinks Lillard in plain clothes starting something is not Greg Anthony.
Anthony is a former Buck who in 1993, as part of the New York Knicks, got involved in bench-clearing brawl while he was in a flowery suit during a regular season game against the Suns.
“You know, it just, it’s all talk, you know what I mean?,” said Rivers.
“And you know, talk in street clothes, you know, unless it’s gonna be Greg Anthony — you have to go back way back to understand what I’m saying there — Dame had the same kind of sweater as Greg Anthony had a shirt on. Fashion statement there. I will say that.”
Anthony was not lined up for the game but he still got involved as he tackled Kevin Johnson while they were trying to pacify everyone in another corner.
It would be interesting how Lillard will make the Pacers pay for their trash talk in case he plays in Game 2.
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